NURSERY ST LUCIA

Introduction

Nowadays, the importance of the topics of competitiveness, and international

market access has created a new style in the hotel chain. Therefore, its gardens
are one of the features tourists value when choosing your Hotel.

It is important to have an area intended for the growing of plants using different
techniques and in more or less artificial environments depending on the required
soil characteristics. The main objective of its production is the beautification of the
hotels interior or exterior spaces.

For a high profile hotel as the Royaltons to have excellent quality gardens, it is
necessary to have a top-notch nursery, with selected plants, and with the required
plant pathology and fertilization treatment. The former hotel had a nursery that had
already fulfilled its purpose and was in poor condition; there were no plants to use
in the green areas, and for that reason the Team Garden Company took the
initiative of recovering it. Currently, the nursery has over 50,000 plants, ornamental
trees and shrubs.

One of the goals in the nursery is to produce Swietenia sp, Tabebuia sp and
Delinix regia, among other species from the area.

One of the companys most important characteristics is our desire to be in harmony

with the environment. Therefore, we made the decision of using any material that
could be recycled from the demolition, for the renovation of the nursery.

We have a series of photographs that picture the transformation of the nursery

area at the Royalton Hotel Saint Lucia.

Mission

The mission of the nursery at the Royalton Saint Lucia is to produce ornamental
plants and native trees of excellent quality, that meet the standards set up by the
chain, and international standards, with the purpose of protecting the environment
and providing our customers with excellent quality.

Another goal is the preservation of nature with a broad sense of social

responsibility, looking to preserve plants by producing them, as well as taking care
of the maintenance and landscaping of the hotel.
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Being the best producer, at the national level, of the various plant species, native
and ornamental, suitable for the Gardens of the Hotel. All of the previous, based on
quality standards that allow us to expand the distribution channels, and therefore
continue contributing to the preservation of the environment, with responsibility and
human quality.

Objectives

General purpose

To produce the necessary plant material for the hotels green areas and outside
areas. Also, it is important to create awareness on the tourists about the growing of
plants and preservation of the environment.

Specific objectives

Production of native, ornamental species and trees that are needed for the green
areas.
To maintain and protect the environment.

The following photographs show the recovery and operation of the Nursery at
Royalton Saint Lucia.

Upon the arrival of Team Garden, this is

how the nursery looked like.
First improvements to the nursery;
organization of existing material, and
cleaning of the work area. All the waste
material was removed.
 During the improvements

Distribution of the space inside the

polyethylene cover, and construction of
growing beds with materials recovered
from the demolition.

Upon completion of the beds we proceeded to

the collection of plants and placed them in the
beds.

For the addition and arrangement of

the areas around the nursery we
used the backhoe so we could
remove the debris, roots, and flatten
the ground.
Cleaning and operation of the pump and filter that collects water from the lagoon
and is used in irrigation.

Use of the recycled material to build the boxes, and the asphalt blanket for the
pathways.

Making of the beds for the bags and the

pathways. These are 1 m wide and 10
m long, and it fits 300 bags of 9 m x 9
m. In the nursery, we have 2 types of
pathways, the main pathway, which is 1
m wide, and the secondary pathways,
which are 50 cm wide.
A space was designated to be used in the
future to mix the soil, as well as for filling the
bags.

Panoramic views of the entire area of the new nursery

The nursery is divided into two areas;

one is the rooting beds that has the
capacity to produce more than 20,000
plants in cuttings, and another area where the plants are in bags. The nursery no
only has ornamental plants, but also trees that can be used in the hotels areas, or
in its influential areas.

Plants List

N
Especie
1 Allamanda cathartica St. Phillip
2 Allamanda cathartica (mini yellow)
3 Alpinia purpurata
4 Alpinia purpurata variegated
5 Aralia sp.
6 Bougainvilleas sp.
7 Codeaeum variegatum (croton sp.)
8 Cordyline terminalia (Ti)
9 Crinium lily
10 Desert rose
11 Dracena marginata
12 Dracena reflexa
13 Duranta repens
14 Euphorbia sp. (zigzag)
15 H. sanguinea (Japanese hat)
16 Helicona sp.
17 Hibiscus sp.
18 Irvataemia
19 Jacobinea
20 Jasminum multiflorum
21 Jathropa hastata
22 Lantana camara
23 Lea coccinea
24 Nerium oleander
25 Oxalis sp.
26 Petrea volubilis
27 Plumbago auriculata
28 Plumeria alba
29 Pseudoranthemum sp.
30 Rhoeo vitata
31 Ruellia
32 Schflerra arboricolor
33 Setcresia sp.(purple queen)
 Palms List

N Especie
1 Areca palms (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
2 Cycas revoluta
3 Fishtail (Caryota mitis)
4 Foxtail(Wodyetia bifurcate)
5 Livistonia chinensis
6 Mc Arthur
7 Oil palm(Elaeis guineenis)
8 Phoenix robellinnii
9 Queen sago
10 Washintonia robusta

List of Materials for nursery

2 shade nets 75 %
2 shade nets 50 %
10 bags of cement
Wooden room dividers
Mesh to sift substrate

These improvements were made thanks to the joint efforts of the staff of the hotel
garden, which is local, professional, and qualified, along with the technical
coaching of the team from Team Garden.
Proposal for Reorganizing the Lagoon
at the Royalton Hotel Saint Lucia

On the grounds of the Hotel there is a lake

that serves as a refuge for wild birds. The
water is not pure, and to recover it its
necessary to perform certain actions.

The proposal of the Team Garden

Company and the Hotel Royalton, is the
recovery of the lagoon and surrounding
areas to serve as recreational areas and environmental protection. To achieve this
goal it is necessary to implement certain corrective measures, such as the
elimination of plants within the Lagoon, the oxygenation of the water and the
replacement of some species in its shores. By incorporating three fountains within
the Lagoon will not only serve as scenic beauty but also oxygenation of water.
Besides, the installation of an external pump for recirculating water. Around the
Lagoon, we need to eliminate the undesired plant species y replant species that
attract more attention, such as Delonix regia, Tabebuia sp, Swietenia, sp, Orchids
and Palm species with which create a wooded area.
 Strategies for Sustainable Management and local Development of the
Lagoon

Objectives

Preserve the natural areas that are in good condition

Protect the lagoon and its hydrological structure
Clean up the lagoon.

Lines of action

Restoration of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem

Reforestation of degraded areas
Protection of flora and fauna
Sanitation of the lagoon and recovery of flora and fauna
Sustainable use of the lagoon
Flood prevention and protection

Basically the following initiatives are proposed:

Decontamination and sanitation of the lagoon

Center of Nature Interpretation for the tourists within the hotel.

Creation and construction of a green garden-runner continued between the

nursery and the hotel.

Decontamination and sanitation of the lagoon is the first step to its recovery as a
productive ecosystem and restoring the ecological balance of the lagoon.

The creation of a Center for Nature Interpretation refers to an open space for
knowledge and interpretation of this ecosystem and its associated territory so as to
increase appreciation and adoption of personal skills towards sustainable
management of the lagoon, encouraging tourists participation in environmental
initiatives, while promoting environmental awareness on the visitors. A space that
can provide more attention and information as possible to the natural environment
where they are and can be equipped with the following:

1. Panels with general information about the lagoon and the other protected
areas of the island.
2. Bird Observatory.
3. Outdoor Classroom for environmental education.
4. Recreational games / interactive modules.

Materials to rescue the Lagoon

 3 fountains that allow oxygenating the water.
8 HP water pump for the water filtering system for use in irrigation.
Create an analysis of water, to keep track of the purification process

Plants used in wastewater treatment

Eichhornia crassipes

Schoenoplectus californicus

Phramites australis

Schoenoplectus
californicus

Eichhornia crassipes Phramites australis